Collar-supporting device for show-cases.



B. H. BETTS.

COLLAR SUPPORTING DEVICE FOR SHOW CASES.

APPLIcATloN PIL-BD JUNE 14,1913.

1,120,122, Patented 1160.211914.`

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDGAR H. BETTS, 0F TROY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB 10 EARL & WILSON, OF TROY,NEW

YORK, A CORPORATION 0F NEW YORK.

COLLAR-SUPPORTING DEVICE FOR SHOW-CASES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

Application led June 14, 1913. Serial No. 773,611.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR H. Bar'rs, a citizen of the ['nited States,residing at Troy, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar-SupportingDevices for Show-Cases. of which the following is a fidl, clear, andexact description. i

In displaying collars in the usual way, by mounting in vertical andhorizontal rows in an uprightshowcase, they are usually fastened onlyvat a single point, at the back, and in consequence some of them sag infront, or become tilted to one side or the other, with the result thatthe display is rendered unsightly instead of` having the neat andattractive appearance desired.

My present invention is designed to overcome these defects, and itschief object is to provide a device which will support the collar bothat front and back, thereby preventing the front from lopping or sagging,and also to support the collar on each side of its center at the b'ackso as to prevent lateral tilting.

To this and other ends the invention consists in the novel features ofconstruction and Icombinations of elements hereinafter described.A

One form of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing. inwhich- Figure 1 shows the complete device in perspective. Fig. 2 is acentral section of a turn-down collar of the usual style, supported bymv device, which is shown partly in section. Fig. 3 is a plan view ofthe device. with a portion of the collar in hori zontal section. Fig. 4is a bottom plan view of the blank from which the rear portieri of thesupport is made.

As shown best in Figs. 1 and 2. the rear portion of the collar supportcomprises a Wide flat base-plate 10 upon which the io.-v er edge of thecollar rests. said plate extending laterally for some distance on eachside of the center of the collar. Atthe rest is a horizontal extensionor tongue 11 having an upright finger 12 provided at its top with anaperture I3 to receive a screw or other fastening by which the devicecan he secured to the hack of the' show case. At the for- Ward end ofthe extension 11 is a vertical finger 14 and integral with the frontedge of the base 10 is a vertical front plate 15. As shown in Figs. 2and 3, the rear portion of the collar fits down upon the base plate 10between the finger 14 and the plate'l, the spring or resiliency of theplate 16, coperating with the rigid finger 14, being suicicnt to holdthe collar securely, while the base 10, extending laterally on each sideof the central vfinger 14, prevents tilting of the collar to one side orthe other. For additional security the plate l() may, if desired, beprovided with vertical flanges 17 at its rear edge, on each side of theextension 11. The plate is an important feature of the device. as it notonlv serves as part of the collar-holding device but also mav be in theform of a trademark or other advertising device. or the name of style ofthe collar, ete.. as indicated in Fig. 1. in which a well knowntrademark is illustrated. appearing in silhouette against the collarshown in the dotted lines.

The supporting devices described above, comprising the hase plate 10.extension 11. ete.. is preferably made of a single piece of sheet metalbv stamping out a blank and bending the same to proper shane. Such ablank is shown in Fig. 4. from which it will he seen that the centrallongitudinal evtensions 12 and 14al are bent downwardlv at right angleson the dotted lines 12". 14". to form the fingers 12 and 14. and thepart 15'* is bent down on the dotted lines 15b to form the plate 15. Thehodv portion 10l of the blank. which portion afterward forms thehase-plate 10. is slit rearwardly at 10 on each side of the extension14u so as to carry the inner end of the same hack to the rear edge ofsaid bodv portion and-to the front end of the part 11. which afterwardconstitutes the horizontal portion 11. At its rear the hodv portion isslit forwardly at 10c on each sido of 'the extension 10l to provideedge-portions 17a which are heut down at right angles along the dottedlines 17" to form the flanges 17. At the hase of the extension 14'l is atransversely elongated aperture 18. and at the hase of the extension 12is a similar aperture 19. the two apertures being arranged .in alinementas shown, so that when the parts in which they are formed are bent asdescribed the apertures will be in register. (liutwardiy beyond theaperture 19, in the same part 1.2, is another aperture, designated at20, which in the com pieted device occupies a position direoiy above theaperture 19.

The front of the coiiur is supported by u horizontal bar 21, preferablyof Stiff spring-- metal, extending forwardly .from the rear sup ortingdevice. At its rear the bar cxten s through the apertures: i5 and 19,and has its end turned up and hooked into ih@ aperture 20, therebysecuring the parte firmly together. At its front end the bar has fixedto 1t a suitable fastening device for engaging the front button 'noie offire, conm, as for example one of the separable ruud t shown at 22,

he method oi mounting;f the collar in. #he device is shown in Fig. 2, inwhirfh 23 (E natos the collar.

The device is simple and inc maire, and in use supports the collar iniixed pff! tion Without sagging or tilt; g, keeping the showcase displayiii u d condition.

AWhat claim is:

A collar-Support for the purpose described, comprising a ono-piecesheet-metal. device having u transversely extending here with anintegral name-pierre on irs forward odge, u rear extension integral withthe basen aV verticai finger integral, with the extension at the rearthereof for attachment to :i suit abi@ Support `and an integral vertice?finger :it the from of said @Xim ions, Said verticui fingers havinghorizontaiiy aiined nperturen' :it their bottom g a horizontal bur:itmwiiifd o thc aforesaid rear ingcr and exieiding 'forwnrdiy throughthe said apermires in the two fingers; and a 'fi ning de rice on thefrom end of @he imi to engage the from, of a, Colima in iestimonywhereof ture in the presence of two 'u Signuezbscx-ibimg wir qaimiiluGirmi@ 32 kunnen'.

